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this is 40 years after apollo 17 went to the moon. our correspondent has all of the details. >> december, 1972. nasa sense and astronauts to the moon for the last time. no one has been back since. >> one giant leap for private enterprise. >> some former employees have launched a new company. it says it will soon be offering commercial flight back to the surface. >> our vision is to create a reliable and affordable u.s.- based, commercial lunar transportation system. >> this is the module they used 40 years ago and this is what they hope will take people there by 2020. the company says it will cost $1.4 billion. it will be open to corporations and wealthy individuals. countries like japan, south korea and south africa would be able to carry out research on the lunar surface. 40 years ago, only the resources of the u.s. could send an astronaut to them in. now there is no political will or the money to do it again. according one of the last man to be there, it will be the private sector from now one that will leave the way back. >> it wi
this is 40 years after apollo 17 went to the moon. our correspondent has all of the details. >> december, 1972. nasa sense and astronauts to the moon for the last time. no one has been back since. >> one giant leap for private enterprise. >> some former employees have launched a new company. it says it will soon be offering commercial flight back to the surface. >> our vision is to create a reliable and affordable u.s.- based, commercial lunar transportation system....
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it's been 40 years since the apollo program and we have take and step backwards. but i think human nature being what it is, the time will come when people will realize that going to the moon is not enough. going to mars is not enough. we'll have to go someplace where we can move human population at a time when we can't live here on earth anymore. we are maybe talking a million years. but that's okay. in universal time that not very long. alisyn: in the next 40 years so we can get our minds around it. what would you like to see the u.s. set their sights on? >> i would like to see the u.s. set its sights on developing the technology to go wherever we need to go. i would like to see the i.s. set its sights on developing the propulsion system that will take us where we need to go. the first step is go someplace like mars or go to an asteroid. a further step from where wehav. but we need to develop -- the technology development is the key to the whole thing. >> in the special coming up this weekend on fox, we hear astronauts talk about the experience of going to the mo
it's been 40 years since the apollo program and we have take and step backwards. but i think human nature being what it is, the time will come when people will realize that going to the moon is not enough. going to mars is not enough. we'll have to go someplace where we can move human population at a time when we can't live here on earth anymore. we are maybe talking a million years. but that's okay. in universal time that not very long. alisyn: in the next 40 years so we can get our minds...
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it's not about me, it's not apollo 17, it's about us. that's the point i want to get across. martha: gene cernan is a national treasure. we are so glad he has been part of our experience in remembering the incredible pioneering work of the astronauts that we sort of grew up watching over the last 40 years, really. and neil cavuto, also a fox national treasure. we are delighted to have him in our ranks today. neil you immersed yourself in this. speaking with these heroes, these american heroes over this long period of time, working on this piece and working so hard on it and so well. what really struck you about your experience? >> reporter: well, it was an act of love, it was a lot of hard work for everybody involved. but i've got to tell you, martha, as a kid i was rile in really into watching gene on the moon. i was 12 years old. gene might be a hero by the way, he can't sing worth a dam. i'll leaf it at that. my parents finally gave in and said all right we'll take you to cape kennedy at the time, now cape canaveral. i looked at the rockets and capsules and i realized i ca
it's not about me, it's not apollo 17, it's about us. that's the point i want to get across. martha: gene cernan is a national treasure. we are so glad he has been part of our experience in remembering the incredible pioneering work of the astronauts that we sort of grew up watching over the last 40 years, really. and neil cavuto, also a fox national treasure. we are delighted to have him in our ranks today. neil you immersed yourself in this. speaking with these heroes, these american heroes...
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godspeed to crew of apollo 17. ♪ ♪ >> the space program will come back. the country needs to have something to look forward to, to look up to and be proud of. what can we do in 10,000 years? my grand mother on a farm in michigan had a ring telephone no, electricity, outhouse and she walked the first guy walk on the moon. >> i would like to see the next generation leigh footprints of the moon. i hope it happens. >> get more evenly thoughts from charles krauthammer. >> i talked to kneel about that. he said those people represent a time in the country when it seemed we could do the impossible. now we can't cobble together deal on the fiscal cliff. what are your thoughts? >> humans lived in the sky for 100,000 years and finally got off the ground at kitty hawk. then it took 66 years to go from the flight a minute-and-a-half or so, kitty hawk to the moon. yet for the next 40, we lived in retreat. literally circling the space station studying the physiology of nausea. that's not what kennedy had in mind to say we go to moon not because it's easy, but it's hard.
godspeed to crew of apollo 17. ♪ ♪ >> the space program will come back. the country needs to have something to look forward to, to look up to and be proud of. what can we do in 10,000 years? my grand mother on a farm in michigan had a ring telephone no, electricity, outhouse and she walked the first guy walk on the moon. >> i would like to see the next generation leigh footprints of the moon. i hope it happens. >> get more evenly thoughts from charles krauthammer. >>...
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why didn't i go on apollo 12 or wait to apollo 14. for a little while i couldn't believe what was happening and then all of a sudden i said, well it is me and it is now. so what's next? jon: jim lovell, one of my all-time heroes. you can catch the entire documentary, fox news reporting, fly me to the moon, airing this sunday 9:00 p.m. eastern time right here on fox news channel. heather: i will definitely tune in for that. that is a good one. you heard of pacemakers for the heart but how about one for the brain? a promises new break through offering hope to alzheimer's patients. >>> plus how do you like your cup of joe? these elephants help make one of the world's most exotic coffees. 50 bucks a serving. the coffee beans, that's a whole different story. stay tuned. ligations, but oblig. ligations, but oblig. i need to rethink the core of my portfolio. what i really need is sleep. introducing the ishares core, building blocks for the heart of your portfolio. find out why 9 out of 10 large professional investors choose ishares for their
why didn't i go on apollo 12 or wait to apollo 14. for a little while i couldn't believe what was happening and then all of a sudden i said, well it is me and it is now. so what's next? jon: jim lovell, one of my all-time heroes. you can catch the entire documentary, fox news reporting, fly me to the moon, airing this sunday 9:00 p.m. eastern time right here on fox news channel. heather: i will definitely tune in for that. that is a good one. you heard of pacemakers for the heart but how about...
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>> well, for the future i've always felt that apollo 17 was not the end but truly the beginning of a whole new era in the history of mankind. we sort of knocked the door open and left it open for future generations to walk through. they, indeed, will do that if we inspire them like we were inspired to reach out a little bit further than man has reached before. i can't really answer your question as to entirely what it means to future generations. we've got to figure that out as time goes on. i left, when i left the moon i left somewhat unsatisfied. i didn't have an answer. i knew i had been where no human being had been before. what i had seen in the valley and lived in and called my home had never been seen by human eyes in history of mankind. people ask me how long will those steps be there. how long will the flag be there? how long will my daughter's initials i put in the soil of the moon? my answer is, forever, however long it is. that is something we don't understand. i'm just hoping we give future generations the same opportunity and give them the shoulders that we stood upon,
>> well, for the future i've always felt that apollo 17 was not the end but truly the beginning of a whole new era in the history of mankind. we sort of knocked the door open and left it open for future generations to walk through. they, indeed, will do that if we inspire them like we were inspired to reach out a little bit further than man has reached before. i can't really answer your question as to entirely what it means to future generations. we've got to figure that out as time goes...
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it was the apollo 17 mission and retired astronaut has held a long time secret. he left his camera behind on the moon and wishes he can use it one time. >> he's now 78 years old he told bloomberg news he thought some other astronaut would have visited the site by now, retrieve the black camera and returned it to the earth for study. well he now wishes he had taken a picture of his own boot print 40 years later still the last left by a man on the moon. a little sad. >>> welcome back to cbs "this morning saturday." i'm jar junior. >> i'm anthony mason. our top story this half hour a trial here in new york is breaking a great deal attention to a deeply insue lar religious sect. a fundamentalist group of hasidic jews. cbs "this morning" senior correspondent john miller has been following the trial. he's here with a revealing look at the satmar sect. >> fascinating case pap case that's being watched closely anthony not because of the allegations that a trusted community leader sexually abused a young girl he was assigned to help but also because the trial has pulled b
it was the apollo 17 mission and retired astronaut has held a long time secret. he left his camera behind on the moon and wishes he can use it one time. >> he's now 78 years old he told bloomberg news he thought some other astronaut would have visited the site by now, retrieve the black camera and returned it to the earth for study. well he now wishes he had taken a picture of his own boot print 40 years later still the last left by a man on the moon. a little sad. >>> welcome...